,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cddg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ab1       
#bjac,mr4 ,brady of ,texas introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,ways and ,means   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #e1 ,united  
,states ,code1 to make clear that       
,federal employees who receive back pay 
for a period during which they are      
furloughed due to a lapse in            
appropriations may not also receive     
unemployment compensation for the same  
period4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may
 be cited as the ,furloughed ,federal   
,employee ,double ,dip ,elimination     
,act4  #b4 ,clarification  7a7 ,in      
general ,section #hejh of title #e1     
,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7
 by inserting 7a7 before the first      
sentence2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end
 the following3  7b7 ,the rules and     
regulations shall include provisions to 
ensure that1 in the case of a ,federal  
employee who receives back pay for a    

period during which such employee was   
furloughed due to a lapse in            
appropriations-- 7#a7 such back pay     
shall be treated in the same way as     
,federal wages attributable to such     
employee2 and  7#b7 the period to which 
such back pay relates shall be treated  
in the same way as a period of ,federal 
service attributable to such employee4  
4  7b7 ,effective date ,the amendment   
made by subsection 7a7 shall be         
effective as of ,september #cj1 #bjac4